When Nature Calls!!
Johnny | 21 July 2004, 9:59pm*ahem* how do i start now? Well it is said that nutting comin out of ur body naturally shud be stopped. When nature calls, u shud promptly attend to it, otherwise there can be dire consequences. :D
Well there are times when this rule can be broken.
--> When you are in the middle of an office meeting.
--> When u r travelling by bus/local train.
--> When u r in the middle of a competitive examination. (altho i have attended the call here too)
--> When your girl friend insists that u dont stop holding her hand in a movie theatre. :D(well here even u get the power to ignore the call, however imp it is.)
--> When u r in the middle of a dense forest known for its Tiger Reserves. :roll:
I being a trek enthusiast, more of a wildlife enthusiast, regularly go for trekkin in the forests. I have this deep desire to see the King of the Indian jungles (read Tiger), in its natural habitat. Also the pure fresh wildlife flora gives me my dose of medicated air,an antidote for pollution of urban life.
During one of my expeditions into the forests, i happened to be in a catch-22 situation. We had gone to srisailam forest Reserve, deep inside the forest. It was almost 11 km deep inside the jungle. Well we were going to this Lake called "Pedda cheruvu" (big lake). It had a watch tower too... Well thats what the forest officials called it. It was nuttin more than a fairly tall structure with steps to go inside, onto the top. From the top using our binocs we were supposed to observe the animals when they come to drink water from the lake. Well that was a bad idea cuz, there were many trees, whose branches could easily lead a Leopard into the watch tower for shelter.
Just before approaching the Lake, all the 10 of us were scared to death by a Growl of a TIger. It was so clear and evident from the tone that the Tiger is not welcoming its human friends. Long before we started out into the forest, i happened to eat stuff which made my stomach all goofy. What is worse than this? I hear the Growl, and suddenly i had to attend my nature call. Gawd, i felt like an idiot there. Everyone was busy gaurding themselves lookin all around out of fear. But i was more worried about where shud i crap. I thot of doin it near the lake.. Errr but what if Tiger... Hmmmm
Man it was some experience... I almost was convinced that the pain of stoppin myself was a loot more than gettin killed, if at all. I even started walkin towards the lake, with a stick and some leaves in my hand. And then GROWLLLLLL another warning... GOD i was like... come wat may i wont go...
Our good fortune, we meet this local guy who was searching for his goats. He was a strange lean man, the tribal u may call him. He sat with us, had some of the snacks we offered him. His life was so simple. He comes form a tribal shepherd family. The way they operate indeed amazed me. The family has some 40 odd goats. They make money out of the meat and milk etc.. So these goats are let open into the forest, to find fodder and feed themselves. Every 3 months its the duty of either of that guys or his brothers' to go searching for them in the forests and get them back home. So it works as a shift system. And as expected, atleast 2-3 goats fall prey to the wildl animals the forest. I mean this life is strange, but simple. Its risky too. Roaming all alone in the forests. He claimed that he met the tiger 5-6 times earlier. The funda is not to turn ur back against it and run. Just stare at it and make loud noises. I was so happy to know that the defence mechanism we had always followed was indeed true. :)
All this interesting talk, somehow managed to make me stop myself from crappin till we reached the Highway. From there we took the RTC bus till our guest house, and then i ran into my room, into my loo.. and there i was ahhhhhhhhhhh wat a RELIEF.
I can never ever forget that day.
There have been many more interesting experiences of my wildlife, which i shall post whenever they occur to me. :)
PS: Someone inspire me to finish of this damn project. Grrrrrrrr...
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1. By whg | 21 Jul 2004, 10:59pm
lol
2. By martiandevil | 21 Jul 2004, 11:03pm
lol...my brother had a similar experience...he didnt care for no wild animals though in the forest..went ahead and did his business near the lake :D
and dude, whats ur project about?(must be interesting if u're doin aerospace engg. *sigh* )
3. By JOhnny | 21 Jul 2004, 11:12pm
My Project?? INTERESTIN? Yes
INSPIRING? No
ANY USE DOIN IT? No
WHAT WILL I LEARN FORM IT? Nutiin
WHY AM DOIN IT? Btech degree.
PS: Which forest did ur brother go to? I am sure he didnt hear any tiger growl...
PS2: For the record, my project is titled : Sensor Development for an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) :Roll:
4. By martiandevil | 21 Jul 2004, 11:31pm
ok i KNEW i shudnt have asked the title of ur project..just went over ma head..
and hehe i guess i forgot the tiger factor in the forest :P
5. By JOhnny | 21 Jul 2004, 11:39pm
Lol... Its not strange MD, it still goes over my head sometimes.... :D
6. By drp | 22 Jul 2004, 12:02am
dude...whoa..ur doin Aerospace Engineering?!
in IIT-M...final year...no way..no fukkin way..
i hav friends in that very branch n batch dude..one of my oldest buds..damn..no fukkin way.
7. By JOhnny | 22 Jul 2004, 12:05am
If by IIT-M, u mean IIT-Mumbai and not Madras, then YES i am.
And by final year do u mean final year now? or supposed to pass out in may 2004? i am of the second kind. :)
8. By drp | 22 Jul 2004, 12:09am
dude...oops...messed up again..
IIT-B..always IIT-B...bombay will always be bombay..n madras will always be madras..
is jus that i'm used to typin IIT-M..:-D its jus flows outta my keyboard..
i hav friends in the final year now..meanin batch of 2005..ur juniors, dude...
a 9-pointer among 'em..:-D
9. By JOhnny | 22 Jul 2004, 12:13am
A 9-pointer?? Whoaaa... I generally keep away from such kind of species. But well, a 9 pointer from hyd? Hmmm i know my junior batch pretty well... Is he a gult?
10. By drp | 22 Jul 2004, 12:16am
obviously da..
he's a cool 9-pointer is all that he is...definitely on my "achievers" list..
damn..i wish i was there...
11. By martiandevil | 22 Jul 2004, 12:18am
looks like nerd central here :P
12. By JOhnny | 22 Jul 2004, 12:23am
Oh... now i remember.. PVC it is? rite... ;) I aint close to him, u see no 9 pointers in my life. :D
MD: I am the antonym of NeRd. I thot u understood me well.. . but *sigh* will take time JOhnny, (she didnt meet u yet :D)
13. By martiandevil | 22 Jul 2004, 12:29am
thats mah boy!! nerds SUCK!! BIG TIME!! (ok they dont..they just intimidate me :P )
14. By drp | 22 Jul 2004, 12:34am
O M G!!
PVC it is!!! :O
jinkies!! holy small-world-syndrome batman!!
daaymm...
btw..i'm soo a bloody 5-point something here..if i convert my scores to a GPA that is..:|
i ain't proud of it..nor am i totally sad of it..'bin a gr8 3 yrs so far..:-)
15. By JOhnny | 22 Jul 2004, 1:27am
Yea dude... This world is a damn small place... I am a 5 pointer and am pretty proud of it too... :D